1969 NCAA College Division basketball tournament
Teams | 32 | ||||
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Finals site | Evansville, Indiana | ||||
Champions | Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers (3rd title) | ||||
Runner-up | SW Missouri State Bears (3rd title game) | ||||
Semifinalists |
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Winning coach | Bob Daniels (2nd title) | ||||
MOP | George Tinsley (Kentucky Wesleyan) | ||||
Attendance | 30,003 | ||||
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The 1969 NCAA College Division basketball tournament involved 32 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA College Division college basketball as a culmination of the 1968–69 NCAA College Division men's basketball season. It was won by Kentucky Wesleyan College, with Kentucky Wesleyan's George Tinsley named the Most Outstanding Player.
American International College's tournament and semifinal appearances were later vacated due to NCAA rules violations.
Regional participants
[edit]School | Outcome | |
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Mount St. Mary's | Runner-up | |
Norfolk State | Third Place | |
Oglethorpe | Regional Champion | |
Old Dominion | Fourth Place |
School | Outcome | |
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Alcorn State | Runner-up | |
Bellarmine | Fourth Place | |
Kentucky Wesleyan | Regional Champion | |
Transylvania | Third Place |
School | Outcome | |
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San Francisco State | Regional Champion | |
UC Davis | Fourth Place | |
UC Irvine | Third Place | |
UNLV | Runner-up |
School | Outcome | |
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American International* | Regional Champion | |
Assumption | Third Place | |
Central Connecticut State | Fourth Place | |
Springfield | Runner-up |
School | Outcome | |
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Albany (NY) | Third Place | |
Le Moyne | Fourth Place | |
Montclair State | Regional Champion | |
Wagner | Runner-up |
School | Outcome | |
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Lincoln (MO) | Third Place | |
South Dakota State | Runner-up | |
SW Missouri State | Regional Champion | |
St. Olaf | Fourth Place |
School | Outcome | |
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Concordia (IL) | Fourth Place | |
Illinois State | Regional Champion | |
North Park | Third Place | |
Valparaiso | Runner-up |
School | Outcome | |
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Ashland | Regional Champion | |
Cheyney | Runner-up | |
Philadelphia Textile | Third Place | |
Wittenberg | Fourth Place |
*tournament appearance vacated
Regionals
[edit]South Atlantic - Norfolk, Virginia
[edit]Location: unknown Host: Norfolk State University
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 7 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 8 | ||||||||
Oglethorpe | 68 | ||||||||
Old Dominion | 60 | ||||||||
Oglethorpe | 74 | ||||||||
Mount St. Mary's | 56 | ||||||||
Mount St. Mary's | 95 | ||||||||
Norfolk State | 80 |
- Third Place - Norfolk State 113, Old Dominion 102
South - Owensboro, Kentucky
[edit]Location: Owensboro Sportscenter Host: Kentucky Wesleyan College
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 7 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 8 | ||||||||
Alcorn State | 76 | ||||||||
Bellarmine | 75 | ||||||||
Alcorn State | 79 | ||||||||
Kentucky Wesleyan | 83 | ||||||||
Kentucky Wesleyan | 77 | ||||||||
Transylvania | 61 |
- Third Place - Transylvania 65, Bellarmine 64
Far West - Las Vegas, Nevada
[edit]Location: Las Vegas Convention Center Host: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 7 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 8 | ||||||||
San Francisco State | 81 | ||||||||
UC Irvine | 55 | ||||||||
San Francisco State | 77 | ||||||||
UNLV | 72 | ||||||||
UNLV | 84 | ||||||||
UC Davis | 81 |
- Third Place - UC Irvine 82, UC Davis 70
New England - Springfield, Massachusetts
[edit]Location: Butova Gymnasium Host: American International College
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 7 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 8 | ||||||||
Springfield | 91 | ||||||||
Central Connecticut State | 80 | ||||||||
Springfield | 68 | ||||||||
91 | |||||||||
79 | |||||||||
Assumption | 77 |
- Third Place - Assumption 98, Central Connecticut State 77
East - DeWitt, New York
[edit]Location: Le Moyne Athletic Center Host: Le Moyne College
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 7 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 8 | ||||||||
Wagner | 109 | ||||||||
Albany (NY) | 64 | ||||||||
Wagner | 78 | ||||||||
Montclair State | 101 | ||||||||
Montclair State | 81 | ||||||||
Le Moyne | 77 |
- Third Place - Albany (NY) 71, Le Moyne 70
Note: The 2010 edition of the NCAA's Division II Men's Basketball Championship record book reports the score of the Montclair State–Le Moyne game as a 79–75 Montclair State win. The score was widely reported in the news media as 81–77.[1][2][3][4] Some newspapers reported the score as 81–75.[5][6] Le Moyne, which hosted the game, shows the score as 81–77 in its all-time results.[7]
Midwest - Springfield, Missouri
[edit]Location: McDonald Hall and Arena Host: Southwest Missouri State University
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 7 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 8 | ||||||||
South Dakota State | 79 | ||||||||
Lincoln (MO) | 77 | ||||||||
South Dakota State | 74 | ||||||||
SW Missouri State | 87 | ||||||||
SW Missouri State | 75 | ||||||||
St. Olaf | 47 |
- Third Place - Lincoln 77, St. Olaf 72
Great Lakes - Valparaiso, Indiana
[edit]Location: Hilltop Gym [8] Host: Valparaiso University
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 7 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 8 | ||||||||
Illinois State | 87 | ||||||||
North Park | 82 | ||||||||
Illinois State | 103 | ||||||||
Valparaiso | 87 | ||||||||
Valparaiso | 91 | ||||||||
Concordia (IL) | 81 |
- Third Place - North Park 90, Concordia 73
Mideast - Ashland, Ohio
[edit]Location: Kates Gymnasium Host: Ashland University
Regional semifinals Round of 32 March 7 | Regional Final Sweet 16 March 8 | ||||||||
Cheyney | 84 | ||||||||
Wittenberg | 70 | ||||||||
Cheyney | 56 | ||||||||
Ashland | 66 | ||||||||
Ashland | 43 | ||||||||
Philadelphia Textile | 40 |
- Third Place - Philadelphia Textile 76, Wittenberg 74
*denotes each overtime played
National Finals - Evansville, Indiana
[edit]Location: Roberts Municipal Stadium Host: University of Evansville
National Quarterfinals Elite Eight March 12 | National semifinals Final Four March 13 | National Championship March 14 | ||||||||||||
Oglethorpe | 68 | |||||||||||||
Kentucky Wesleyan | 82 | |||||||||||||
Kentucky Wesleyan | 83* | |||||||||||||
82 | ||||||||||||||
San Francisco State | 75 | |||||||||||||
80 | ||||||||||||||
Kentucky Wesleyan | 75 | |||||||||||||
SW Missouri State | 71 | |||||||||||||
Montclair State | 76 | |||||||||||||
SW Missouri State | 92 | |||||||||||||
SW Missouri State | 58 | |||||||||||||
Ashland | 48 | |||||||||||||
Illinois State | 35 | |||||||||||||
Ashland | 41 |
- Third Place - American International 53, Ashland 51
*denotes each overtime played
All-Tournament team
[edit]- Mert Bancroft (Southwest Missouri State)
- Tommy Hobgood (Kentucky Wesleyan)
- Curtis Perry (Southwest Missouri State)
- Bob Rutherford (American International)
- George Tinsley (Kentucky Wesleyan)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "LeMoyne Bows to Montclair in Tourney, 81–77". The Post-Standard. Syracuse, New York. March 8, 1969. p. 11. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ "Ashland's Eagles Pass Initial Test". The News-Palladium. Benton Harbor, Michigan. March 8, 1969. p. 14. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ "Basketball Results". San Antonio Express/News. March 9, 1969. p. 3. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ "Ashland Gains but Irvine Loses". section 2. Progress-Bulletin (evening ed.). Pomona, California. March 8, 1969. p. 2. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ "Basketball Results". The Dominion News. Morgantown, West Virginia. March 8, 1969. p. 3-B. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ "College Basketball". The Daily Report. Ontario-Upland, California. March 8, 1969. p. B-2. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ "Le Moyne College Men's Basketball All-time Game Results". Le Moyne Dolphins. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
- ^ Kretchmar, Dick (March 10, 1969). "Crusaders Lose To Redbitds In NCAA Finals". Valparaiso Vidette Messenger.
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